Division I Coaches Poll for March 20, 2017

By IWLCA Admin, 03/20/17, 1:00PM EDT

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March 20, 2017

2017 IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll – March 20, 2017

The University of Maryland Terrapins (7-0) extended their unbeaten streak and collected all 20 first-place votes in this week’s IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll. North Carolina (8-1) and Florida (7-1) stay put in the second and third slot, while Syracuse (8-2), Princeton (5-0), and Colorado (9-0) all move up a spot after USC (#9) falls out of the top five. Cornell (5-1) and Stony Brook (6-1) are tied for the number seven position, and Penn State checks in at #10. The University of Virginia jumps back into the poll at #19, knocking Louisville out of the rankings.

The top-twenty action gets started on Tuesday this week, when the fifth ranked Princeton Tigers play host to #10 Penn State. On Wednesday, #11 Penn pays a visit to top-ranked Maryland, and #19 Virginia welcomes James Madison (RV). The #9 USC Trojans head to Long Island to tangle with Stony Brook (#T-7) on Friday, March 24. The weekend’s big games include #3 Florida hosting #13 Denver, Duke (#17) visiting #19 Virginia, James Madison (RV) versus #1 Maryland, and Johns Hopkins (RV) against Penn State (#10).

Rank

Institution

Points

FPV

Record

Last Week

1

Maryland

400

20

7-0

1

2

North Carolina

380

8-1

2

3

Florida

341

7-1

3

4

Syracuse

327

8-2

5

5

Princeton

294

5-0

6

6

Colorado

288

9-0

7

T-7

Cornell

257

5-1

11

T-7

Stony Brook

257

6-1

8

9

Southern California

253

6-2

4

10

Penn State

245

8-1

9

11

Penn

216

6-1

12

12

Towson

157

6-3

15

13

Denver

136

7-1

14

14

Northwestern

131

3-5

13

15

Notre Dame

128

8-4

10

16

Virginia Tech

72

10-2

18

17

Duke

65

5-4

16

18

Stanford

61

6-2

17

19

Virginia

52

4-4

NR

20

Elon

48

6-2

19

RV

James Madison

6-3

RV

RV

Johns Hopkins

7-2

RV

The next regular season poll for the 2017 season will be published on March 27.